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peat⋅y

  [pee-tee]
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–adjective, peat⋅i⋅er, peat⋅i⋅est.
of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
Origin:
1755–65; peat 1 + -y 1
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peat   (pēt)   
n.  Partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer and fuel.

[Middle English pete, perhaps from Medieval Latin peta.]
peat'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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